Vice presidential candidates J.D. Vance and Tim Walz discussed immigration during Tuesday night's debate, with Vance criticizing Vice President Kamala Harris' immigration policies.
“First of all, a big part of what we have to do on our southern border is just let law enforcement do their jobs,” Vance said Tuesday night on a CBS debate. He said this during a discussion about the rapid increase in Haitian immigration and immigration. whole.
“I've been to the border much further south than our nation's 'border czar,' Kamala Harris, and I'm really heartbroken because Border Patrol agents just wanted to be empowered to do their job. It hurts.”
Vance went on to say that while “certainly additional resources would be helpful,” the main problem with this issue is that the Biden administration will require law enforcement to “require law enforcement to stay within the country if they try to cross the border illegally.” He said that the problem lies in the fact that the authorities have not been given the authority to say, “No.” Mexico” and “Please return via the appropriate route.”
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J.D. Vance and Tim Walz faced off Tuesday night in their first and only debate. (Getty Images)
“Governor Walz brought up the Springfield community and he is very concerned about what I said in Springfield,” Vance said. “Look, in Springfield, Ohio, and communities across this country, our schools are overwhelmed. Our hospitals are overwhelmed. We can't afford any housing. Because they brought in illegal immigrants, who compete with Americans for scarce housing.
“My biggest concern in Springfield, Ohio, is the American people whose lives have been destroyed by Kamala Harris' open borders. That's a shame, Tim, and I actually agree with you. You want to solve this problem, but I don't think Kamala Harris will. ”
Walz reiterated that President Trump said earlier this year that he would kill the Senate immigration bill and that Vice President Harris would sign the bill that she believed would make progress on the border issue.
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Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, the Democratic vice presidential candidate, meets Republican vice presidential candidate Sen. J.D. Vance during the vice presidential debate hosted by CBS News at the CBS Broadcast Center in New York City on October 1, 2024 Talk to your congressman. (Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images)
“Law enforcement is the one who asked for this bill,” Walz said. “They helped create this issue. They were the ones who supported it because they knew we had to do this. You know, they kept bringing this up and not addressing it. , this problem of blaming everything on immigrants.
“When it comes to housing, you can talk a little bit about Wall Street speculators buying up homes and driving down home prices, but you're going to get blamed for that. I agree that it should not take seven years for an asylum application to be made.
“This bill is done in 90 days. And you start making changes in this regard and you start sticking to the American principles as we know them. I don't talk about my faith much, but… Matthew 25:40 We hardly talk about that, but I think that's true for most Americans. This bill is supported by the people who implement it. Our dignity is how we treat ourselves.”
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Republican vice presidential candidate Sen. J.D. Vance (R-Ohio) and Democratic vice presidential candidate Minnesota Governor Tim Walz participate in a debate at the CBS Broadcast Center in New York City on October 1, 2024. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
Vance called Biden and Harris' record on immigration “disgraceful.”
“Look, what Tim said doesn't pass the smell test,” Vance said. “For three years. Kamala Harris went out boasting that she would undo Donald Trump's border policies. She did just that. Our country has a record number of illegal immigrants; Fentanyl was coming into our country.
“And now she's running for president, or maybe a few months before that, she's saying that she somehow got into religion and is very concerned about some parts of the law. “The only thing she did when she was appointed to the border was to undo President Donald Trump's 94 actions that opened the border, and this issue has increased in the U.S. with health care costs.” It is causing massive problems that we cannot afford to pay for and it must be stopped. When Donald Trump is president. ”
A Harris campaign official told Fox News Digital that a focus group of undecided voters watching the debate reacted even more strongly to Walz's comments.
“Overall, Governor Walz outperformed J.D. Vance on immigration. The night's highest rating for Governor Walz reminded viewers of Donald Trump's failed promise to build a wall, with only 2% of the wall built.” when it could not be built,” the campaign said.
